Collective efforts of all quarters, including teachers and parents, has become crucial to prevent abuse of smartphones and its abuses by the youths because the issue has been turning into an alarming condition.
Addiction to the smartphone as well as its abuse has been creating negative impacts in the society. So, its trend needs to be addressed collectively for the sake of building the present students as worthy citizens.
The views were exposed at a divisional seminar titled "Addiction to Smartphone: Loss of Studies" at Rajshahi College auditorium today. On the occasion, a science related divisional quiz competition was also arranged. Three winning teams in the quiz competition were given awards. Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Office organized the seminar to mark the 43rd Science and Technology Week largely participated by students, academics, administrative and police officials and other stakeholders.
Divisional Commissioner GSM Zafarullah addressed the seminar as chief guest, while Additional Commissioner Moinul Islam was in the chair. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Abdul Baten, Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Abu Kalam Siddique, Deputy Commissioner
Abdul Jalil and Rajshahi College Principal Prof Abdul Khaleque also spoke. Dr Nazim Uddin, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics of the college, illustrated the demerits of addiction to smartphones and its abuses during his keynote presentation.
Dr Maleque Sarker, Associate Professor in the department of sociology of the college and Shib Sanker Sen, Associate Professor in the department of physics of New Government Degree College, spoke as panel discussants on the presented keynote paper.
Commissioner Zafarullah urged the attending students not to become addicted to the smartphone but take only its benefits. This is the time for the students to become smart by themselves through enriching them with knowledge.
He defined that smartphones have both merits and demerits and the students and youths should extend their level of knowledge after the best uses of the merits.
DIG Abdul Baten told the meeting that various cyber crimes are occurring due to addiction to smartphones and its misuses and urged the students to become conscious related to its use.
In his remarks, RMP Commissioner Abu Kalam Siddiqui underlined the need to generate awareness among the public in general on the issue, adding that the present students are the future of the nation.
Time has come to protect the youths from all sorts of crimes so that leadership characteristics are grown among them properly.
